November 20, 2012

 

Would you say that your life is built on the Rock?

"Anyone who listens to my teaching and follows it is wise, like a person who builds
a house on solid rock.  Though the rain comes in torrents and the floodwaters rise
and the winds  beat against that house, it won't collapse because it is built on bedrock. 
But anyone who hears  my teaching and ignores it is foolish, like a person who builds
a house on sand.  When the rains and floods come and the winds beat against that
house, it will collapse with a mighty crash."
Matthew 7:24-27 (NLT)

                                              "Salvation is Confidence in God"
                                                                                      Dallas Willard

          I really like this definition of salvation by Dallas Willard.  My sins were dealt with
          on the cross but Jesus kept telling people just like you and me that we must "believe."

          Rob Prestowicz of Urban Promise told me once that he thinks the thing that i
          mpressed Jesus most above all things was the faith that he witnessed in certain
          people.  "Believe", "trust", "faith" . . . . perhaps in day to day living they all boil down
          to confidence. . . . confidence that God knows what He's doing and that He knows
          what He's doing with your life.
      

"Lord, I am asking you to lead me to that new level of faith which is Life on the Rock. 
Take me beyond intellectual belief to a confidence in You that I feel in my chest, gut, and emotions.    Amen"